H.R. 1016 111th Congress House

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 21, 2009 See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security AppropriationsBudget processCongressional oversightDepartment of Veterans Affairs

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Executive agency funding and structureHealth facilities and institutionsHealth programs administration and fundingVeterans' medical care

Everywhere this bill has been 34 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 22, 2009

Became Public Law No: 111-81.

Oct 22, 2009

Signed by President.

Oct 16, 2009

Presented to President.

Oct 14, 2009

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Oct 13, 2009

Cleared for White House.

Oct 13, 2009

Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10376-10378; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S10376)

Oct 13, 2009

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10376-10378; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S10376)

Oct 8, 2009

Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.

Oct 8, 2009

House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H.Res. 804.

Oct 8, 2009

Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment pursuant to H.Res. 804.

Aug 7, 2009

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Aug 6, 2009

See also S.423.

Aug 6, 2009

Passed Senate in lieu of S. 423 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S9059)

Aug 6, 2009

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 423 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S9059)

Aug 6, 2009

Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 423.

Aug 6, 2009

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9059)

Jul 27, 2009

Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.

Jun 24, 2009

Received in the Senate.

Jun 23, 2009

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Jun 23, 2009

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jun 23, 2009

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 409 - 1 (Roll no. 420). (text: CR H7094-7095)

Jun 23, 2009

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7109-7110)

Jun 23, 2009

At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Thompson (PA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.

Jun 23, 2009

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1016.

Jun 23, 2009

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7094-7097)

Jun 23, 2009

Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Jun 19, 2009

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 87.

Jun 19, 2009

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-171.

Jun 10, 2009

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Jun 10, 2009

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jun 5, 2009

Subcommittee on Health Discharged.

Feb 13, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Feb 12, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Feb 12, 2009

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Jun 23, 2009	House · vote #420	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed	409–1	See who voted →

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Latest action October 22, 2009

Became Public Law No: 111-81.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 8, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 - Directs the President to include in annual budget justification documents submitted to Congress information on estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) Medical Services; (2) Medical Support and Compliance; and (3) Medical Facilities. Requires annually for such accounts, beginning with FY2011, discretionary new budget authority to: (1) be made available for that fiscal year; and (2) include, for each such account, advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year.

Directs the VA Secretary to report annually to Congress on the sufficiency of VA resources for the proceeding fiscal year with respect to the provision of medical care, including estimates of the workload and demand data for that fiscal year.

Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) annually study the adequacy and accuracy of VA baseline model projections for health care expenditures for that fiscal year; and (2) report study results, during 2011 through 2013, to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.

Related & companion bills 2

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Veterans' Affairs Committee
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 42

Tennessee · May 12, 2009

Missouri · Apr 27, 2009

McMahon, Michael

· Apr 27, 2009

Tonko, Paul

New York · Apr 27, 2009

Larsen, Rick

Washington · Apr 23, 2009

Massachusetts · Apr 21, 2009

Murphy, Patrick

· Apr 21, 2009

Murphy, Christopher

Connecticut · Apr 21, 2009

Sablan, Gregorio

· Apr 21, 2009

Luján, Ben Ray

New Mexico · Mar 31, 2009

Peters, Gary C.

Michigan · Mar 31, 2009

Heinrich, Martin

New Mexico · Mar 24, 2009

Nye, Glenn

· Mar 24, 2009

Titus, Dina

Nevada · Mar 23, 2009

Space, Zachary

· Mar 16, 2009

Moran, Jerry

Kansas · Mar 12, 2009

Washington · Mar 11, 2009

Courtney, Joe

Connecticut · Mar 9, 2009

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Mar 4, 2009

Schauer, Mark

· Mar 4, 2009

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Mar 4, 2009

Adler, John

· Feb 23, 2009

Buchanan, Vern

Florida · Feb 23, 2009

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